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Examination of Freshwater Peat Pretreatment Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

John B Williams
John B Williams*
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238
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Abstract

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Preparation techniques used in dating freshwater peat were evaluated and compared using a homogeneous sample. This paper details various approaches to pretreatment of this material and presents the resultant 14C dates. General trends in the results are discussed.

Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989 , pp. 269 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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